Melinda volunteered in the lab from 2023-2024.

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Amelia began the undergraduate psychology program at Lakehead University in 2021. She became involved as a research assistant in the Coping Research Lab in February of 2023. Her areas of interest include Indigenous health & well-being, coping, neuropsychology, mental health interventions, and personality. Amelia's commitment to her education is underpinned by the invaluable support from the Métis Nation of Ontario Post-Secondary Education Support Program and the Indspire: Building Brighter Futures Program. She has been recognized for her academic achievements, having been named to both the Dean's List (Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences) and President's List. In her free time, she enjoys kayaking, cross-country skiing, and spending time with her dog.

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Dara Rosdobutko graduated from the HBA in Psychology program with a minor in Aging and Health at Lakehead University in 2023. She commenced her second undergraduate degree in the 1-year HBSW program in July 2023. With a keen eye for research, Dara assumed the role of a research assistant in 2022, contributing to the coordination of participants for the pilot study of the JoyPop app within the Coping Research lab. Her primary interest lies in mental health and public health research, with a specific emphasis on evaluating service access in Northwestern Ontario.

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Victoria completed her Masters with Dr. Mushquash in 2016.

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Hailey Gilmour completed her honours thesis with Dr. Mushquash in 2019. Her project focused on the congruence between parent and child coping behaviours and how that related to parent-child relationship quality.

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Jessica Coran is an undergraduate student who previously volunteered in the lab. She supported worked with Dr. Mushquash and Allie Popowich on the attachment, coping, and relationship quality study.

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Jessica is an undergraduate student who previously volunteered in the lab. She supported worked with Dr. Mushquash and Allie Popowich on the attachment, coping, and relationship quality study.

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Kaitlyn was a volunteer research assistant and supported a study on attachment, coping, and relationship quality. Her research interests are in anxiety and mood disorders, trauma, and interpersonal relationships.

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Tori was a volunteer research assistant for a study on attachment, coping and relationship quality. Her areas of interest are in personality traits, emotions, and genetics.

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Kendra Ryan is in her fourth year of the specialized HBA psychology program. For her thesis project she is examining the role of technoference and communication satisfaction on intimacy among couples in romantic relationships. Other research interests include childhood attachment, child and developmental psychology, relationship quality, and mental health.

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Nolan is in the third year of the HBSc of Psychology program, as well as completing a minor in Biology. He is volunteering as a research assistant for a study on attachment, coping and relationship quality. His interests are in mental development, coping mechanisms, and somatoform disorders.

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Laija Beaulieu is in her second year of the HBA of Psychology program. She is currently a volunteer research assistant supporting a study on promoting resilience in undergraduate students. Laija’s interests surround early social relationships, childhood development, coping strategies, parent and child attachment relationships, and how families cope with stressful or difficult life events.

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Mary Cassano completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and is currently volunteering in the lab.

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Allie began the PhD program in Clinical Psychology in 2017. She will be completing her residency with the Northern Ontario Psychology Internship Consortium. Her dissertation research involved examining the relationship between attachment in childhood to primary caregivers, attachment within romantic relationships, abilities to manage emotions and conflict, and romantic relationship functioning. Allie’s other areas of interest include implementation science and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. For her Master’s thesis, she investigated the factors that facilitate or hinder the delivery and sustainability of Dialectal Behaviour Therapy across programs and organizations in Thunder Bay. Allie’s graduate studies are supported by funds from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship.

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Shakira began the Clinical Psychology PhD program at Lakehead University in 2020. Her area of research involves the investigation of vulnerability and protective factors for maladjustment in emerging adults. Shakira completed a MA in Applied Psychology at Laurentian University, where her Master’s thesis focused on the role of perfectionism and emotion dysregulation in predicting compulsive exercise. More recently, she completed a MA in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University. Her Master’s thesis evaluated explanatory factors of maladjustment in emerging adults transitioning to university, including perfectionism and a sense of mattering to others. For her dissertation research, she is particularly interested in examining the influence of a perfectionistic social environment and individual levels of perfectionism on daily experiences of maladjustment in emerging adults. Shakira’s graduate studies are supported by funds from the Ontario Graduate Scholarship program, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Award, and St. Joseph’s Care Group Award in Applied Health Research. Shakira is completing her doctoral clinical psychology residency training at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences with the General Adult Track and and Forensic Program. During leisure time, she enjoys the outdoors, exercising, and watching reality television. 

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Kara is a Masters student in the Clinical Psychology program at Lakehead University. For her Master’s thesis project, she examined the role of executive function on the relationship between adverse childhood experiences and functional outcomes in emerging adults. Her research interests include early intervention, wellness intervention, attachment in childhood and paediatric health/wellness. Her past research areas include DBT, resilience, as well as mental health and addictions.

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Melissa was a volunteer research assistant for a study involving a smartphone App designed to promote resilience in undergraduate students by supporting the development of emotion regulation and cognitive organization skills. Melissa’s areas of interest include personality, mental health, and spirituality.

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Laura began the the PhD program in Clinical Psychology in 2017. She will be completing her residency with the Edmonton Consortium Clinical Psychology Residency program from 2021-2022. Broadly speaking, Laura’s research interests involve examining biopsychosocial influences on eating behaviour with the aim of enhancing current understanding of eating disorders, disordered eating, and weight management. Her dissertation research seeks to examine the role of heart rate variability, attentional bias to food, and perceptions of safety in eliciting stress-induced disinhibited eating among restrained eaters. For her Master’s thesis, Laura explored the role of the mirror neuron system in predicting individuals’ susceptibility to the social modelling of eating effect, whereby individuals tend to match the quantity of their food intake to their eating companions.

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